Ami sat close to the man next to her. He had his arm around her shoulder and he was whispering something into her ear that made her giggle. She felt his other arm encircle her and suddenly, she felt very warm, very safe, like she didn't bear the burden of protecting her planet and the Princess.
Suddenly, a flash of bright light ripped through the sky and Ami immediately stood up and called, "MERCURY STAR POWER!" In a matter of seconds, Ami stood there in her Sailor Scout outfit. The man next to her took on his own kind of transformation, turning into one of the guards that were helping the Sailor Scouts protect the princess, the leader of the guards being the princess's own cousin.
Ami turned to run to the battle, when she felt his hand on her shoulder. She turned around and he gave her a bruising kiss.
"I love you, never forget that," he said fiercely.
"And I love you, too." Together, they turned and sprinted to the battle site, but a bright light surrounded them and they disappeared.
Ami awoke later to find her lover across from her, chained to the wall. She struggled to move, but she couldn't, like something was binding her, but she felt no ropes or anything of the type. She turned her head to see Zoisite enter the room.
Laughing maliciously, he said, "My dear, dear Ami. How have you been?" Ami spat in his face to the best of her ability.
"Go to hell, Zoisite."
"I'll never go to hell, my dear, I shall live forever under the reign of Queen Beryl. Now, to settle this little problem of your new lover..." Zoisite walked over to the figure chained up and kicked him in the ribs. Hard.
"No, stop it Zoisite! Don't hurt him!"
"Why not? He stole you from me, he deserves to die."
"He didn't take me from you. I went to him freely. After you turned to Queen Beryl's side, I found out your treacherous nature. He showed me what real love was like." Zoisite walked over to Ami and slapped her.
"You bitch, you said you would love me forever. But since this young rogue has stolen your heart, I guess he deserves to die!" Zoisite sent a burst of energy that erupted into flames, engulfing the man in chains. He screamed as the flames scorched his skin.
Ami felt the tears roll down her cheeks, but there was nothing she could do.
Her heart clenched in pain for her lover as she took in the sight of his burnt skin. It was almost as if she could feel the burn marks on her skin, as well. Zoisite sent another wave of fire at him, longer this time, and stronger. It killed him on impact.
"NOOOO!" Ami cried as she felt him die. When he died, her soul died with him. She knew she would never love another as long as she lived. She raised her head to look at Zoicite's face.
"Well, I guess you got what you wanted, Zoisite."
"No, there's one more things I want, but since I can't have her, she'll have to die as well."
Ami knew she was going to die even before Zoisite said the words. She slumped in defeat and waited for the fire to burn her.
***
Raye was looking at the man sitting in front of her. She peered into his gorgeous eyes and kissed him lightly. The only sound to be heard was the trickling of water as it came out of the fountainhead. He brushed her hair away from her face, caressing her face with his fingertips.
Raye's eyes fluttered close as she let herself bask in the feeling of his fingers on her face. She held his hand to her face and opened her eyes.
"I love you," she said, her voice quavering and her heart pounding.
"I love you, too," he said, his voice sounding so much steadier than hers.
A bright light that flashed in the sky brought the two out of their reverie.
Raye shot a worried look at him and stood up. Raising her hand in the air, she called out, "MARS STAR POWER!" In seconds, she transformed out of the princess outfit that she was wearing and was in her Sailor Scout uniform. The man across from her did his own transformation and appeared as one of the guards sent to the moon to help protect the princess.
Their eyes locked and they shared a passionate kiss.
When they broke apart, he said, "If you die, I die with you. I won't live without you."
"And neither I without you," Raye said, feeling the tears in her throat. They started off towards the battle site when a light engulfed them and suddenly, everything was black.
When Raye came to, she found her lover chained up across from her and she was bound by an invisible energy force.
"There's no use trying to escape, you'll only waste your energy." Raye's head moved sharply to see Jedite hovering in the corner, looking expedient.
"I'm glad you're awake. You're just in time to see your lover die."
"Well, then you might as well kill me too. If he dies, I die."
Jedite appeared to be thinking that over and then, he said, "Alright. Consider it payback for betraying me with that pretty boy over there."
"Betraying you? You betrayed me first by joining Queen Beryl."
"No, I just saw the light and realized that the true power lies in the Negaforce."
"If you believe that, you're wrong. Good will always defeat evil, no matter the circumstances."
"How would you like to see that proven wrong?" Without warning, Jedite shot a bolt of electricity straight for the man chained up across from her.
"No, stop! You're killing him!" Raye shouted as she heard her lover's tortured screams. It felt like someone was ripping up her soul to hear him scream like that.
"That's the point," Jedite murmured.
Raye tried to avert her head so she wouldn't have to see her lover die, but an invisible force made her watch every bolt of electricity, made her hear every scream, and made her feel every burn. Raye was sobbing when she watched her lover take his last breaths.
"I'll love you forever, through this world and beyond, I promise," her lover said in his last breaths.
"As will I," Raye sobbed. She saw him smile at her once and then his head slumped over as he released his last breath.
As his soul fled his body, Raye simply didn't have it to live anymore. Without him, she was already dead. She barely even felt the pain as electricity scoured through her body.
***
Mina stood on a balcony, leaning into the embrace of the man standing behind her. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and his chin on her shoulder. Mina giggled as she felt his lips move their way up her neck, down her jawbone, and towards her lips. She allowed herself a small smile before his lips captured hers in a long kiss.
After a few moments, they broke apart and allowed themselves to enjoy each other's company. Mina thrived off of the warmth that his body gave off, transferring it from his body to hers through the arms wrapped around her waist.
Mina felt her consciousness slipping as she relaxed in his arms, but a flash of bright light soon shook her out of that.
"What do you think that was?" she asked.
"I don't know, but should we go check it out?" he said.
"Yeah, we should. VENUS STAR POWER!" Within seconds, Mina was standing there in her Sailor Venus uniform. Then man standing behind her had transformed as well, wearing the uniform that marked him one of the guards sent along with the princess's cousin to help protect her. They began to make their way to the place where the light came from, but were absorbed by a bright light. With a scream from Mina and the man next to her, everything was black.
Mina woke up to find herself in what looked like a torture chamber. She tried to move, but found that she couldn't. She looked down at her body, but found no ropes, so she figured that she was being held by an invisible energy force. She looked around and when her eyes caught what was on the other side of the room, she gasped.
Across the room from her was her lover, chained rudely to the wall. He was out cold, his head rolled over to one side. She tried to break out of the invisible barrier that held her so she could go help him, but she succeeded in getting nowhere. She turned her head towards the sound of footsteps and her eyes narrowed in rage as she saw Malachite enter the room, his long white hair and cape blowing behind him. He eyes settled on her and he laughed softly.
"Hello, my love," he said coolly.
"I am not your love. You gave up all rights to call me that when you joined Queen Beryl."
"Why, you make it sound like a bad thing," Malachite said, a hint of humor in his voice. He walked over to her lover and picked up his head by the hair.
"Now him, he's a bad thing," Malachite said, "He took you away from me."
"No he didn't," Mina said defensively, "I grew to love him over time. I met him after you joined the dark side."
"No matter, he's against Queen Beryl. That means he deserves to die."
"No Malachite! You can't do this!"
"I can do anything that I want to," Malachite hissed. By this time, Mina's lover had already woken up.
Lifting his head weakly, he said, "Mina? What's going on? Where are we?" Before Mina had time to respond, Malachite hit her lover with a strong beam of light energy, causing him to scream loudly.
Mina felt her lover's tortured scream pierce her soul and she winced from the feeling.
Malachite laughed maliciously and said to her lover, "Did you like that? Do you want more?"
"No, please, I beg you..." he said.
"SHUT UP!!" Malachite roared, "You take away my love and then you think you deserve to talk to me? I will show you the price for making me angry!" He sent another beam of light energy at Mina's lover, another loud, guttural scream ripping through him. Mina could feel the tears running down her face, blurring up her vision, but she could still see him clearly.
Malachite sent one more beam at her lover, delivering a mortal blow. Mina could see her lover look at her with love-filled eyes, silently giving her the message that he would love her forever. Mina portrayed the same look in her eyes to the best of her ability. Obviously, it had been enough, for he smiled slightly before his chest stopped rising and his eyes closed, his head rolling back.
"No! Please, don't die. I can't live without you. Please, wake up. You have to!" Mina called to him, but it was too late; he was dead. Mina could feel her world come to an end. She didn't see any point in living anymore.
Malachite turned to her and said, "Aww, I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?" Malachite sneered, feigning sympathy.
Mina glowered at him and said, "The only joy I get out of this is knowing that you'll never get me."
"Are you so sure of that?" Malachite said.
"I'm positive." Mina closed her eyes and focused her power inward. Slowly, she used her power to slow her heart down. As her pulsating heart came to a stop, she said three last words.
"You lose, Malachite." Mina exhaled her last breath and all the pain was gone.
***
Lita smiled inwardly as she felt a pair of warm arms go around her waist. She would have physically smiled if she weren't kissing the man whose lap she was sitting on. Slowly, they parted and stayed in the positions that they were sitting in, just enjoying being in each other's physical space. Her forehead rested against his and him arms hung loosely around her waist.
Lita closed her eyes and brought his scent into her lungs. Smiling, she opened her eyes and said, "This is nice."
"What's nice?" he asked.
"Just being able to be like this with you. No worries, without stress."
"I wouldn't say that," he said.
"Why?"
"Because, I don't want you to jinx it and ruin the time we have together."
"Ah, a man with ulterior motives. I like it."
"Really?" he asked.
"Absolutely," Lita whispered before kissing him again. They resumed kissing again when Lita caught a bright flash out of the corner of her eye.
Pulling away from the man she was sitting on, she said, "Did you see that?"
"Yeah, I saw it. What do you think it was?"
"I don't know, let's go check it out." She got off of him and he stood up as well.
"See what I mean? You jinxed it," he joked. Lita faked indignation and pretended to start storming away when he caught her arm and turned her around.
Caressing her cheek gently, he said, "Hey, I was only kidding." After a long pause, he said, "I love you." Tears welled up in Lita's eyes at the gentleness of his tone of voice.
"I love you, too." Together, they shared a tender kiss and when they pulled apart, Lita began her transformation.
"JUPITER STAR POWER!" Within seconds, she was standing there as Sailor Jupiter. The man with her began his own transformation, turning into one of the guards sent to help protect the Princess.
She started to take off, but he grabbed her hand. She turned around and looked at him with a questioning look.
He squeezed her hand and said, "For good luck." She squeezed back and releasing his hand, they took off for the source of the light, but Lita stopped abruptly when she more felt than saw a light engulf the both of them. She opened her mouth to speak, but words never left her mouth for all went black.
Lita woke what seemed like moments later. She moved her hand to touch her aching head, but found that she was restrained from doing so.
"Lita!" She snapped to attention and looked straight ahead to see her lover chained to the wall. He too was struggling against the bonds that held to him, but to no avail. The chains still held.
Lita opened her mouth to say something to comfort the confused look on her lover's face, but a bright light flashed and when it faded, Nephrite stood there, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, looking at Lita's lover.
"So, this is who you found to replace me," Nephrite said.
"Nephrite, I knew this had something to do with you. This reeks of you."
"Really, I didn't know I gave off that evil stench."
"You didn't until you joined the side of evil," Lita hissed.
"You make me look like a betrayer. I did no such thing as betray you. I only saw where the real power lies and I had no wish to chose the losing side."
"Then you are weaker-willed than I thought. If you truly believe that you're on the winning side, you have another thing coming."
"Do I? You mean like enjoying watching your new lover die?" Lita's eyes widened in shock.
"You wouldn't," she whispered.
"Try me." Nephrite held out his hand and smiled evilly as a blue ball of light formed in his hand, solidifying almost immediately. Nephrite used his power to break the ball in to sharp pieces, almost like ice. The more Lita looked at the smaller pieces, the more she was convinced that they were ice. Nephrite had always had an affinity for ice.
Smiling slightly at Lita first, Nephrite sent one of the ice slivers towards her lover. Lita gasped as the sliver buried itself into her lover's chest. Her lover gritted his teeth and tried to bear the pain as the ice sliver cut through his flesh, leaving a rivulet of blood pouring down his now bare chest.
Nephrite said, "You didn't take that too bad. Let's try a few more."
Lita's lover opened her mouth to speak, but instead screamed in pain as more ice slivers buried themselves in his chest. Lita struggled against the invisible bonds that held her, crying out, "Don't worry, I'll get you out."
Nephrite only laughed and said, "You'll never be able to get out of those."
"I will Nephrite and when I do, you won't know what hit you." Nephrite was unfazed. The only thing that he did was create a stake made out of the same ice that the slivers had been made of.
For Lita, time moved as if in slow motion. Her eyes followed the ice stake until it buried itself in her lover's chest, right where his heart was. Her lover let out a tortured scream at the same moment that Lita did. Trying to get past the pain, her lover lifted his head to look at her one last time.
"I meant what I said when I told you I loved you," he said weakly, "And I will never take that back. I'll love you forever."
Choking back tears, Lita said, "I love you, too." Giving her one last smile, he closed his eyes and died.
Then, Lita did something she hadn't done in a long time: she cried. She allowed the tears to roll freely down her face as she mourned for her dead lover. She didn't even notice Nephrite make an ice stake identical to the one that had just killed her lover.
Lita looked at him just in time to see the stake flying right for her heart. She choked on her breath as the stake impaled her. She looked down slowly to see her life's blood pouring out of the wound in her chest. Gulping, she said to Nephrite, "Well, I guess you've won..."
"Very perceptive."
"For now. One day Nephrite, I'll get you for this." Lita closed her eyes and let the life leave her body, leaving her with some kind of peace.
Suddenly, a flash of bright light ripped through the sky and Ami immediately stood up and called, "MERCURY STAR POWER!" In a matter of seconds, Ami stood there in her Sailor Scout outfit. The man next to her took on his own kind of transformation, turning into one of the guards that were helping the Sailor Scouts protect the princess, the leader of the guards being the princess's own cousin.
Ami turned to run to the battle, when she felt his hand on her shoulder. She turned around and he gave her a bruising kiss.
"I love you, never forget that," he said fiercely.
"And I love you, too." Together, they turned and sprinted to the battle site, but a bright light surrounded them and they disappeared.
Ami awoke later to find her lover across from her, chained to the wall. She struggled to move, but she couldn't, like something was binding her, but she felt no ropes or anything of the type. She turned her head to see Zoisite enter the room.
Laughing maliciously, he said, "My dear, dear Ami. How have you been?" Ami spat in his face to the best of her ability.
"Go to hell, Zoisite."
"I'll never go to hell, my dear, I shall live forever under the reign of Queen Beryl. Now, to settle this little problem of your new lover..." Zoisite walked over to the figure chained up and kicked him in the ribs. Hard.
"No, stop it Zoisite! Don't hurt him!"
"Why not? He stole you from me, he deserves to die."
"He didn't take me from you. I went to him freely. After you turned to Queen Beryl's side, I found out your treacherous nature. He showed me what real love was like." Zoisite walked over to Ami and slapped her.
"You bitch, you said you would love me forever. But since this young rogue has stolen your heart, I guess he deserves to die!" Zoisite sent a burst of energy that erupted into flames, engulfing the man in chains. He screamed as the flames scorched his skin.
Ami felt the tears roll down her cheeks, but there was nothing she could do.
Her heart clenched in pain for her lover as she took in the sight of his burnt skin. It was almost as if she could feel the burn marks on her skin, as well. Zoisite sent another wave of fire at him, longer this time, and stronger. It killed him on impact.
"NOOOO!" Ami cried as she felt him die. When he died, her soul died with him. She knew she would never love another as long as she lived. She raised her head to look at Zoicite's face.
"Well, I guess you got what you wanted, Zoisite."
"No, there's one more things I want, but since I can't have her, she'll have to die as well."
Ami knew she was going to die even before Zoisite said the words. She slumped in defeat and waited for the fire to burn her.
***
Raye was looking at the man sitting in front of her. She peered into his gorgeous eyes and kissed him lightly. The only sound to be heard was the trickling of water as it came out of the fountainhead. He brushed her hair away from her face, caressing her face with his fingertips.
Raye's eyes fluttered close as she let herself bask in the feeling of his fingers on her face. She held his hand to her face and opened her eyes.
"I love you," she said, her voice quavering and her heart pounding.
"I love you, too," he said, his voice sounding so much steadier than hers.
A bright light that flashed in the sky brought the two out of their reverie.
Raye shot a worried look at him and stood up. Raising her hand in the air, she called out, "MARS STAR POWER!" In seconds, she transformed out of the princess outfit that she was wearing and was in her Sailor Scout uniform. The man across from her did his own transformation and appeared as one of the guards sent to the moon to help protect the princess.
Their eyes locked and they shared a passionate kiss.
When they broke apart, he said, "If you die, I die with you. I won't live without you."
"And neither I without you," Raye said, feeling the tears in her throat. They started off towards the battle site when a light engulfed them and suddenly, everything was black.
When Raye came to, she found her lover chained up across from her and she was bound by an invisible energy force.
"There's no use trying to escape, you'll only waste your energy." Raye's head moved sharply to see Jedite hovering in the corner, looking expedient.
"I'm glad you're awake. You're just in time to see your lover die."
"Well, then you might as well kill me too. If he dies, I die."
Jedite appeared to be thinking that over and then, he said, "Alright. Consider it payback for betraying me with that pretty boy over there."
"Betraying you? You betrayed me first by joining Queen Beryl."
"No, I just saw the light and realized that the true power lies in the Negaforce."
"If you believe that, you're wrong. Good will always defeat evil, no matter the circumstances."
"How would you like to see that proven wrong?" Without warning, Jedite shot a bolt of electricity straight for the man chained up across from her.
"No, stop! You're killing him!" Raye shouted as she heard her lover's tortured screams. It felt like someone was ripping up her soul to hear him scream like that.
"That's the point," Jedite murmured.
Raye tried to avert her head so she wouldn't have to see her lover die, but an invisible force made her watch every bolt of electricity, made her hear every scream, and made her feel every burn. Raye was sobbing when she watched her lover take his last breaths.
"I'll love you forever, through this world and beyond, I promise," her lover said in his last breaths.
"As will I," Raye sobbed. She saw him smile at her once and then his head slumped over as he released his last breath.
As his soul fled his body, Raye simply didn't have it to live anymore. Without him, she was already dead. She barely even felt the pain as electricity scoured through her body.
***
Mina stood on a balcony, leaning into the embrace of the man standing behind her. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and his chin on her shoulder. Mina giggled as she felt his lips move their way up her neck, down her jawbone, and towards her lips. She allowed herself a small smile before his lips captured hers in a long kiss.
After a few moments, they broke apart and allowed themselves to enjoy each other's company. Mina thrived off of the warmth that his body gave off, transferring it from his body to hers through the arms wrapped around her waist.
Mina felt her consciousness slipping as she relaxed in his arms, but a flash of bright light soon shook her out of that.
"What do you think that was?" she asked.
"I don't know, but should we go check it out?" he said.
"Yeah, we should. VENUS STAR POWER!" Within seconds, Mina was standing there in her Sailor Venus uniform. Then man standing behind her had transformed as well, wearing the uniform that marked him one of the guards sent along with the princess's cousin to help protect her. They began to make their way to the place where the light came from, but were absorbed by a bright light. With a scream from Mina and the man next to her, everything was black.
Mina woke up to find herself in what looked like a torture chamber. She tried to move, but found that she couldn't. She looked down at her body, but found no ropes, so she figured that she was being held by an invisible energy force. She looked around and when her eyes caught what was on the other side of the room, she gasped.
Across the room from her was her lover, chained rudely to the wall. He was out cold, his head rolled over to one side. She tried to break out of the invisible barrier that held her so she could go help him, but she succeeded in getting nowhere. She turned her head towards the sound of footsteps and her eyes narrowed in rage as she saw Malachite enter the room, his long white hair and cape blowing behind him. He eyes settled on her and he laughed softly.
"Hello, my love," he said coolly.
"I am not your love. You gave up all rights to call me that when you joined Queen Beryl."
"Why, you make it sound like a bad thing," Malachite said, a hint of humor in his voice. He walked over to her lover and picked up his head by the hair.
"Now him, he's a bad thing," Malachite said, "He took you away from me."
"No he didn't," Mina said defensively, "I grew to love him over time. I met him after you joined the dark side."
"No matter, he's against Queen Beryl. That means he deserves to die."
"No Malachite! You can't do this!"
"I can do anything that I want to," Malachite hissed. By this time, Mina's lover had already woken up.
Lifting his head weakly, he said, "Mina? What's going on? Where are we?" Before Mina had time to respond, Malachite hit her lover with a strong beam of light energy, causing him to scream loudly.
Mina felt her lover's tortured scream pierce her soul and she winced from the feeling.
Malachite laughed maliciously and said to her lover, "Did you like that? Do you want more?"
"No, please, I beg you..." he said.
"SHUT UP!!" Malachite roared, "You take away my love and then you think you deserve to talk to me? I will show you the price for making me angry!" He sent another beam of light energy at Mina's lover, another loud, guttural scream ripping through him. Mina could feel the tears running down her face, blurring up her vision, but she could still see him clearly.
Malachite sent one more beam at her lover, delivering a mortal blow. Mina could see her lover look at her with love-filled eyes, silently giving her the message that he would love her forever. Mina portrayed the same look in her eyes to the best of her ability. Obviously, it had been enough, for he smiled slightly before his chest stopped rising and his eyes closed, his head rolling back.
"No! Please, don't die. I can't live without you. Please, wake up. You have to!" Mina called to him, but it was too late; he was dead. Mina could feel her world come to an end. She didn't see any point in living anymore.
Malachite turned to her and said, "Aww, I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?" Malachite sneered, feigning sympathy.
Mina glowered at him and said, "The only joy I get out of this is knowing that you'll never get me."
"Are you so sure of that?" Malachite said.
"I'm positive." Mina closed her eyes and focused her power inward. Slowly, she used her power to slow her heart down. As her pulsating heart came to a stop, she said three last words.
"You lose, Malachite." Mina exhaled her last breath and all the pain was gone.
***
Lita smiled inwardly as she felt a pair of warm arms go around her waist. She would have physically smiled if she weren't kissing the man whose lap she was sitting on. Slowly, they parted and stayed in the positions that they were sitting in, just enjoying being in each other's physical space. Her forehead rested against his and him arms hung loosely around her waist.
Lita closed her eyes and brought his scent into her lungs. Smiling, she opened her eyes and said, "This is nice."
"What's nice?" he asked.
"Just being able to be like this with you. No worries, without stress."
"I wouldn't say that," he said.
"Why?"
"Because, I don't want you to jinx it and ruin the time we have together."
"Ah, a man with ulterior motives. I like it."
"Really?" he asked.
"Absolutely," Lita whispered before kissing him again. They resumed kissing again when Lita caught a bright flash out of the corner of her eye.
Pulling away from the man she was sitting on, she said, "Did you see that?"
"Yeah, I saw it. What do you think it was?"
"I don't know, let's go check it out." She got off of him and he stood up as well.
"See what I mean? You jinxed it," he joked. Lita faked indignation and pretended to start storming away when he caught her arm and turned her around.
Caressing her cheek gently, he said, "Hey, I was only kidding." After a long pause, he said, "I love you." Tears welled up in Lita's eyes at the gentleness of his tone of voice.
"I love you, too." Together, they shared a tender kiss and when they pulled apart, Lita began her transformation.
"JUPITER STAR POWER!" Within seconds, she was standing there as Sailor Jupiter. The man with her began his own transformation, turning into one of the guards sent to help protect the Princess.
She started to take off, but he grabbed her hand. She turned around and looked at him with a questioning look.
He squeezed her hand and said, "For good luck." She squeezed back and releasing his hand, they took off for the source of the light, but Lita stopped abruptly when she more felt than saw a light engulf the both of them. She opened her mouth to speak, but words never left her mouth for all went black.
Lita woke what seemed like moments later. She moved her hand to touch her aching head, but found that she was restrained from doing so.
"Lita!" She snapped to attention and looked straight ahead to see her lover chained to the wall. He too was struggling against the bonds that held to him, but to no avail. The chains still held.
Lita opened her mouth to say something to comfort the confused look on her lover's face, but a bright light flashed and when it faded, Nephrite stood there, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, looking at Lita's lover.
"So, this is who you found to replace me," Nephrite said.
"Nephrite, I knew this had something to do with you. This reeks of you."
"Really, I didn't know I gave off that evil stench."
"You didn't until you joined the side of evil," Lita hissed.
"You make me look like a betrayer. I did no such thing as betray you. I only saw where the real power lies and I had no wish to chose the losing side."
"Then you are weaker-willed than I thought. If you truly believe that you're on the winning side, you have another thing coming."
"Do I? You mean like enjoying watching your new lover die?" Lita's eyes widened in shock.
"You wouldn't," she whispered.
"Try me." Nephrite held out his hand and smiled evilly as a blue ball of light formed in his hand, solidifying almost immediately. Nephrite used his power to break the ball in to sharp pieces, almost like ice. The more Lita looked at the smaller pieces, the more she was convinced that they were ice. Nephrite had always had an affinity for ice.
Smiling slightly at Lita first, Nephrite sent one of the ice slivers towards her lover. Lita gasped as the sliver buried itself into her lover's chest. Her lover gritted his teeth and tried to bear the pain as the ice sliver cut through his flesh, leaving a rivulet of blood pouring down his now bare chest.
Nephrite said, "You didn't take that too bad. Let's try a few more."
Lita's lover opened her mouth to speak, but instead screamed in pain as more ice slivers buried themselves in his chest. Lita struggled against the invisible bonds that held her, crying out, "Don't worry, I'll get you out."
Nephrite only laughed and said, "You'll never be able to get out of those."
"I will Nephrite and when I do, you won't know what hit you." Nephrite was unfazed. The only thing that he did was create a stake made out of the same ice that the slivers had been made of.
For Lita, time moved as if in slow motion. Her eyes followed the ice stake until it buried itself in her lover's chest, right where his heart was. Her lover let out a tortured scream at the same moment that Lita did. Trying to get past the pain, her lover lifted his head to look at her one last time.
"I meant what I said when I told you I loved you," he said weakly, "And I will never take that back. I'll love you forever."
Choking back tears, Lita said, "I love you, too." Giving her one last smile, he closed his eyes and died.
Then, Lita did something she hadn't done in a long time: she cried. She allowed the tears to roll freely down her face as she mourned for her dead lover. She didn't even notice Nephrite make an ice stake identical to the one that had just killed her lover.
Lita looked at him just in time to see the stake flying right for her heart. She choked on her breath as the stake impaled her. She looked down slowly to see her life's blood pouring out of the wound in her chest. Gulping, she said to Nephrite, "Well, I guess you've won..."
"Very perceptive."
"For now. One day Nephrite, I'll get you for this." Lita closed her eyes and let the life leave her body, leaving her with some kind of peace.
